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Barbados ( north-east of Venezuela. Barbados is outside of the principal Atlantic hurricane belt. - Source: Wikipedia

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An employee places sandbags along a hotel path as protection from high waters in anticipation of Hurricane Beryl's arrival, in Tulum, Mexico, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on Mexico’s Caribbean coast near Tulum as a Category 2 storm

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Hurricane Beryl's winds batter Carlisle Bay in Bridgetown, Barbados, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Beryl makes landfall as Category 4 hurricane on island near Grenada

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A resident carries wood to cover his house's windows in preparation for Hurricane Beryl, in Bridgetown, Barbados, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

‘Extremely dangerous’: Hurricane Beryl strengthens into a Category 4 storm

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image taken at 3:10am GMT shows tropical storm Beryl, lower center right, as it strengthens over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, June 29, 2024. The storm could strengthen into the year's first hurricane before it reaches the Caribbean Sea early next week. (NOAA via AP)

Beryl strengthens into a hurricane in the Atlantic, forecast to become a major storm

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image taken at 3:10am GMT shows tropical storm Beryl, lower center right, as it strengthens over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, June 29, 2024. The storm could strengthen into the year's first hurricane before it reaches the Caribbean Sea early next week. (NOAA via AP)

Tropical Storm Beryl swirls toward southeast Caribbean and threatens to strengthen into hurricane

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View of the Jose Antonio Anzoategui oil complex in Barcelona, Anzoategui State, Venezuela, July 3, 2022. The Biden administration on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022, eased some oil sanctions on Venezuela in an effort to support newly restarted negotiations between President Nicolás Maduro’s government and its opposition. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) **FILE**

U.S. to remove sanctions relief on Venezuelan oil industry

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Nicolas Maduro speaks to pro-government supporters after a referendum regarding Venezuela's claim to the Essequibo, a region administered and controlled by Guyana, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. Voters answered five questions about the future of the disputed land, including whether they support turning it into a Venezuelan state. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

U.S. suspends economic support for Venezuela after Maduro’s crackdown on opposition parties

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - Venezuelan President of the National Assembly Jorge Rodriguez, left, shakes hands with Venezuelan opposition delegate Gerardo Blyde Perez in Mexico City, Aug. 13, 2021. Venezuela’s government and opposition will resume their dialogue, mediated by Norway, with talks scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 17,2023 in Barbados, Norway’s embassy in Mexico said on Oct. 16, 2023 in a brief statement. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Venezuela and opposition to resume talks in Barbados, mediator Norway says

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Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Mottley, left, and President of Barbados, Dame Sandra Mason, right, honour Rihanna as a National Hero, during the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony, at Heroes Square, in Bridgetown, Barbados, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Barbados has stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history. Several leaders, dignitaries and artists, including Prince Charles, attended a ceremony that began late Monday and stretched into Tuesday in a popular square where the statue of a well-known British lord was removed last year amid a worldwide push to erase symbols of oppression. (Jeff J Mitchell PA via AP)

Rihanna’s officially ‘right excellent,’ named Barbados hero

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

Barbados' new President Sandra Mason, center right, awards Prince Charles with the Order of Freedom of Barbados during the presidential inauguration ceremony in Bridgetown, Barbados on Tuesday Nov. 30, 2021. Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history. (AP Photo/David McD Crichlow)

Barbados bids farewell to British monarchy, becomes republic

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

In this July 17, 2020 file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth smiles after awarding Captain Sir Thomas Moore his knighthood during a ceremony at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England. The former British colony of Barbador, once known as Little England, announced Tuesday, Sept. 15, that it plans to replace the monarch with its own head of state in time for next years 55th independence anniversary. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson, File) **FILE**

Barbados seeks to drop Queen Elizabeth II as head of state

By Dánica Coto - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2008 file photo, Barbados' Prime Minister Owen Arthur speaks with reporters after casting his ballot during general elections in St. James, Barbados. Arthur, who served as a prime minister for a record 14 years and was considered a champion of the Caribbean, died Monday, July 27, 2020. He was 70. (AP Photo/Chris Brandis, File)

Former Barbados PM, Caribbean statesman Owen Arthur dies

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Brewster’s assistant rec director has passion for running

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New Jersey couple disappears in Barbados while jet skiing

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In this Sept. 30, 2016, photo, singer Rihanna poses for photographers as she arrives to Christian Dior's Spring-Summer 2017 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) **FILE**

Rihanna named as ambassador of Barbados

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times